time for the annual Internet Speed Quest

[Ben Scott]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Lloyd Kvam <python at venix.com> wrote:
>> Which was fine, until DSL came along.  DSL works by putting
>> equipment in the CO and connecting that to the existing loops.  The
>> DSL equipment overlays a digital signal onto analog phone service.
>> That doesn't work when there's no local loop connection in the CO.
>
> FairPoint will serve DSL from the RT.

  Ah, I neglected to mention that part of it.  It's certainly possible
to put DSL equipment in a Remote Terminal.  But DSL equipment is
expensive.  Plus, space in RTs is much more limited, and so costs more
to rent, when it's available at all.  If an independent provider like
G4 is only going to get one or two subscribers on a given RT, it would
cost more than they'd make.  So it's much less likely to happen.

  There's also the possibility of a independent provider reselling the
ILEC's DSL.  Sometimes this is still worth it for customers, because
the ISP will have experience dealing with the ILEC, and spare the
customer some of the pain.  But you're still beholden to the telco,
and inherit most of their limitations.  I have no idea if G4 does
this.

-- Ben